Family decries trespass of land

The Edunjobi-Ogundare family has said its right to its property on the Ocean View Estate, Ogombo, Lagos is being violated.

Addressing reporters in Lagos, the family spokesperson Isiaka Ibrahim-Ogundare accused Col. Hameed Ali (retd) of ordering the demolition of the family house on the two plots of land.

He added that the matter was before High Court No 44 Lands Division, Epe, which order parties in the dispute to maintain status quo, but Ali fenced the family out of the property.

He said: “On March 27, 2018 after we left the police station, the lawyer who wrote a letter to us to vacate the land, came with along with solders to our house and instructed us to vacate the land.

“We told them we cant. On the same day, some unknown person started fencing our property round with the aid of heavily armed soldiers.

“We got an order of injunction against Hameed Ali and other unknown person on April 11, 2018, but police officers from SARS as well as offers from Zone two have been threatening us.”

The solicitor to the Edunjobi-Ogundare family, Tope Fadahunsi Michell Solicitors said his client right to his legitimate property was violated.

“This matter is before a competent court that says parties involved should maintain status quo ante, but the army General has refused, going ahead to fence the place. My client is now facing unmitigated suffering.

Responding to the allegation, the lawyer to Ali, Abulrahman Adegoke said the matter was in court and would not comment on it.

He said: “The land latter you are talking about is in court and I will not say anything beyond that. And if they want me to react, they know my office and can come there.”